Watergate coup/Set-up
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| Date | - 1972 |
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Removal of Spiro Agnew
Mark Gorton notes the importance of the removal of Vice President Spiro Agnew, so as to make the way clear for a trusted replacement. With Agnew out of the way, the Watergate Coup plotters were free to place one of their own in position to take the presidency. President Nixon wanted to appoint John Connelly of Texas as vice president, but Connelly could not be controlled by the plotters, so the Republican establishment loyal to Bush threatened to block Connelly’s nomination, and Nixon was forced to pick a controllable vice president, Gerald Ford.
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